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From Wall Street ro.nav

NEW YORK, June 4, IL a. m.-The stock market
opened strong. with advances over yesterdays
Worth and Denver, though several stocks were
unchanged There was moderately active bust
ness. with St Paul, Richmond and w. Point, Wheel
ing and Lake Erie, Erie. Jersey Central and Fort
Worth and Denver most prominent. After slight
hesitation prices became firm to strong under the
lead OF Fort Worth and Denver, which rose IL,
followed by Richmond and West Point * The
gains on the remainder were four small fractions
only, and later In the hour the list yielded again
anu quotations were carried below the opening in
most cases. At IL O'Clock the market Is quiet and
steady,
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General Foreign News.

RUSSIAN PASSPORT FEES RAISED.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 4.-The fee for half yearly
Passports for Russians travelling abroad has been
raised from to 10 pOubleA
CENTRAL ASIA SENDING PRODUCE TO RUSSIA.
A considerable amount Of Central Asian produce
especially cotton, Is being sent TO Russia the
extension OF the Trans-C Caspian Railway TO
Samarkand, in Asiattc Russia.
CHINESE CANNOT ACQUIRE LAND IN TOWNS.
Russia has forbidden Ipat Chinese shall acquire
land In towns on tie Pacific coast. They will only
be allowed TO lease estates outside OF towns,
THE LIVERPOOL COTTON CORNER.
MANCHESTER JUNE 4-The cotton SpinnerS and
to counteract the effects OF the Liverpool corner In
cotton.
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The following changes from yesterdays quotations
on the Warrington Stock Exchange noted to-day:
p p, c. Market stock 7s, 1892. currency, ,116k
III bid a1ls asked Washington Gas, 43h bid,
Metropolitan Insurance, ol bid National Union In
s15anSs IL bid Arlington Insursnce 1904 bid
Insurance, 90 bid Riggs INSURANCE., 81 bid, o.
asked: Ma,shington Market stock, 20X bad. Wash
SHha .9, Bank, Georgetown, 16S bid Columbia
"a BANK Il3 bid. Great Falls Ice 133
BID, 90 asked w. L. l. LIST mortgage bonds, 81
bid. Panorama stock, So asked.
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The Bone Of ceusenssem I'm Assn.

HOW RUSSIA RkGAkDs ESGLAND's PRESENT ATTITUDE
TOWARD AFGHASIsTAN.
The ST. Petersburg .Nopos rrcmya says that
Russia never agreed 70 regard Afghanistan as
outside OF her influence. There was only a con-
versational exchange OF views during Russias
khiva campaign. since that time great change
mas taken place, and Russia has become
neighoor OF Afghanistan. Continuing, the paper
sSs: we can only suppose that England cher
isles an Intention 10 profit by the present disor-
oers IN Aghanistan and 10 become mistress OF the
coLntry. IL that case Russia would demand
Serious guarantees that highlands proximity
would not emoarrass Russia's position in Central
Asia ano IL England refused 60 give the guaran-
teS russia would take measures regarding the
AlShan Irontier provinces which she deemed et-
Rcaient, ana would not be concerned whether
my were agreeable 20 England or not
aug ~ ouosn says that England IL mistaken In
nessSung 10 concilate Russia. IL the ameer ID
ps1,a says the paper. England Will implore
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Caught i'm a Wheat stSqueeze.',
THE BIG GRAIN CLIQUE GIVES TURN TO THE SCREWS
IN SAN FRAECISCo.

Caught I'm a Wheat ssSqueexe.D
THE BIG GRAIN CLIQUE GIVES TURN TO THE SCREWS
IN SAN FRAECISCo.
telegram from San Francisco June 8 says:
To-days session Of the wheat market was one OF
sharp excitement, and the bears were thrown into
panic. Yesterday demand was made upon
those who had sold "buyer the year" contracts
short for 10000 tons OF actual and the option was
given these sellers to settle for cash In case they
did not have grain at the price be fixed by the
Dlg pool The price OF call-bOard spot wheat-that
Is, wheat piled up In 1OO-ton lots in call-board
warehouseS-was $1.85 yesterday. This morning
most abrupt manner. or course, all those who were
called upon and VINO did not have the grain to dev-
er mad TO settle at that price. For several hours
long string OF short sellers filed up into President
DreSbach'S Office on California street, to make
their settlements. 1t is reported that several sc.
we're losses were enta1led. The prices OF other CD
tons were pushed up as well, buyers June wheat
being also advanced to 10. Any farmer who is
able 70 threSh wheat this month and get into call
board, piled up In lots OF 100 tons EACH could get
30 per Genital for it. The same quality Of Cali
rOrnia raised wheat which buyers settled for ut
81. 10 per Genital to-day was quoted in Liverpool
with the cost OF freight and insurance added at
$l.65 per Genital. Persons well informed say that
between $4,000 and 60 600 more tons viii be called
for by the combination or 'buyer the year" con-
tracts and 1t Is predicted that the price will be
run up to $3.50 before the end comes. While wheat
Tor cail board uses was worth g. TO- the most that
exporters would pay was 81 IS per GENITAL for reRu-
lar uses OF trade. The latest trades recorded for
cash wheat were at 500. Buyer 1857 sold I'D to
$2.13 and closed at $211
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Post Office Department CONs1acto
Awarded.

Post Office Department C0nsEaces
Awarded.
The contract for printing the of1cial Postal
Guide has been awarded by the Postmaster Gem
eral to Donnelly Son. OF Chicago, their bid being
twelve cents per copy for the annual edition and
one cent per copy for the monthly. The present
contractors are HOuyhtOn, Mifliin Co, OF boston,
who have been receiving fifteen cents for the an
nual and one cent for the monthly, and whose bid
this year was fourteen cents for the annual and
one cent for the monthly.
Contracts for furnishing supplies to the p. O..
Department have been awarded as follows: II. A.
Clarke Son, white ash COAL $3.50 per ton; splint
coal, ST. Cumberland coal, s.; hickory wood $3.50
per cord; pine wood, $40 per cord. Independent
Ice Co., for ice, "a cents per 100 lbs. Carpets,
brussels Bigeiow) made, put down with lining, to
Petersen Childs, $1.07h per yard. Chairs, con-
tinental, $50 each, and Victoria, s4O8, to Il. O..
TOwles Painting, Thos A Brown. Dust brushes,
NJ w. Beveridge. Soap, matches, waste baskets
NJ p. Metzger. Brooms and whisks, E. g..
Wheeler: Paper, John c. Parker. Horse feed, X.
C. Hewett
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Kilrain May Meet His Match.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.
There Is every indication now that Pat Ktllen
OF Minneapolis, Mimi, Will be matched to hight
Jake Kilrain, the Baltimore heavy weight, for
5000 a side and the championship OF the world
X. X. Fox has declared that II Jno L Sullivan
does not accept his ofrer to fight Kilrain for the
Police Gazette diamond belt and 5000 side,
$1,000 OF which has been deposited with the Neto
York Clipper, he will present the diamond belt to
k1iratn to-day, and that By the laws OF the ring
kilrain will be the champion OF the world The
has revived interest among the latter's friends
They have been for some time past considering the
idea OF raising the 81, 900 necessary to back him
against kfirafn. Thursday the matter assumed
definite shape. The probability now Is that the
amount Will be Raised Should no one agree with
IN TWO weeks TO meet K1lrain for s., 600 and the
Oelt, challenge VIII be sent TO Jem Smith. of
England, give or take $500 expenses. The 81, 600
now deposited for a match with sullivan will be
withdrawn and placed for the match with smith.
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Shay Robs hi. EMPLOYER.

SDay HODS N1b Employer
This afternoon Officer Acton arrested at the
Baltimore and Potomac depot boy, sixteen years
DID, in the act of buying ticket for New York,
and took him to police headquarters.
When he came In the officer took
from his pocket bulldog revolver
and pocket full Of cartridges. He said he was
sorry that he had not put 1t to his head and
Carlson, and stated that he was from Harrisburg,
Va. and he had been at work at Burkes
plOyer Of $66 this morning and had come to this
city. He had $5O.4S when arrested. He stated
that Mr.. A. A. Dewey, his employer was asleep
this morning. and he got up, took the money, and
started to see the world.
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Revivfng the stewart Scandal.

Rx-JUDGE HILToN's ANSWER TO TIE BUTLER SUIT
TO BE MADE TO-DAY.
Ex-Attorney- General Leslie Russell will to-day
serve an answer In the Stewart Will case, brought
by Prescott Hall Butler last February TO compel
Henry Hilton TO make settlement under the
will OF the widow OF A. T. Stewart and to secure
an Interpretation OF that instrument. Mr. Butler
is member OF the law firm OF Evarts, Southmayd
Choate and the husband OF grandniece OF the
late Mrs Stewart. Under the VIII he is to receive
$4,000 and like amount for each OF his children
But this partition suit Is In reality attempt to
make Judge Hilton explain his administration OF
the estate or the merchant prince after the death
OF the latter.
Mr.. Butler accused Judge Hilton OF fraud and OF
influencing Mrs. Stewart, so that she gave him
power OF attorney by which he obtained control OF
millions OF the estate: In consideration OF the
sum OF q, 100000 which Mr.. Butler AYERS was
never paid, SIC, 900 600 OF property is alleged to
nave been transferred 10 Hilton. IL included mills
IN various parts OF the country and the goodwill
or branch houses In Boston, Philadelphia Paris
Lyons, Glasgow, Berlin, and Chemltz Public ia.
terest In the case has been excited by the promise
that 1t will be shown that Mrs. Stewart was vfr-
tually prisoner In her marble palace at Saith
street and 9Th avenue.
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MARRIED.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Atnoon Tuesday Jun.
* 1851, at st Albans Church. by the Rev C. IL Hall
-, Lieut.: WI Ii. STATION, L s. IA C. and A ~
ME NJ. HENDERSON, - ~ u ~
ISM SsAAfbr x Re- En AZ osweso Kan June
Washington, DC. and HENRIETTA CiIf nHifI "a
Oswego han. No cards
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AN UNEXPECTED VERDICT.
Mrs. Wileman Acquitted Of killing Her
Husband ON Her Second Trial.

Husband ON Her Second Trial.
LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y, June 4.-The jury in the
case Of Mrs. Mary Wileman, on trial here for the
murder OF her husband, retired at 10 O'Clock last
night. Mrs. Wileman was Frustrated during the
night, and it was with the greatest difficulty that
she walked into the courtroom this morning. She
was accompanied by her two sons. Mrs. Wileman
looked pale and haggard, and trembled violently
as the jury filed into the courtroom at o'clock
this morning. Judge Lewis wore an anxious look
upon his face. Last year he was called upon to
sentence Mrs. Wieman to death, she having been
found guilty on her first trial. "Gutlty or not
guilty?" asked the court this morning. ''NOt
guilty. said the foreman OF the jury. Then
sci carried her out of the courtroom. The utmost
excitement prevailed for several minutes. There
on the street, where great crowd had collected.
The verdict was entirely unexpected, as the case
was supposed 10 be more severe than at the first
trial
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I'd EDITION.
--latest qGleglams to The Star.
THE THISTLE BEATEN TO-DAY.

THE THISTLE BEATEN TO-DAY.
She Lost Her TOpmast and Came i'm Re.
hind the Gemeata and lrex.
LONDON, June 4.-The Thistle had her tOpmast
carried away In the Thames Yacht Club race to-
day, and was beaten by the Genesta and Irex.
The course was from the More to Dover The
Genesta was the first across the finishing line, the
Irex second, and the Thistle third, half mile be-
hind.
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Gen. Speed Very Iii.

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 4.-Gen. James s. Speed
who was Acknowledgement under President Lin
coin, Is dangerously Ill at his home In this county,
The family and physicians state that he can live
out few days longer. He Is almost eighty years
OF age, and is gradually sinking from mere ex-
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GEORGE spRANgY.
ONE PRICE CLOrKrKk
ga skvxNTR OxaK1.
New Mornr SASH Rrs,ona

NEW CREAM DRESS 0OODA
WHITE INDIA PON0Kk. 75c.
NEW FRENCH ONDNEe. 90
PRINTED CREPE CLOTHS. ct l9)6a
PRINTED BATT6TE ct 12t6c.
FINEST QUALITY FRENCH oATTKHEA, 0oa
FINEST QUALITY PRINTED AIL~LuEW, so.
GREAT BARGAINS N WHITE ElD RoBna
GREAT REDUCTIONS IN DRKnD GOODS.
LARGE STOCK CHANTILLY, 0PANI0H kID
MAZARINE HAND-RUE LACEA.
INGS.
PRINTED INDIA SILKS. as reduced pTioss
GREAT BARGAINS IL eURAHs AND 0noD
GRAIN silks
GREAT BARGAINS IN FANCY HOsrKRY.
MN sHUyrxR . Soma
s1e PA so.
ons Pr1ss my2s
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Tfe0suHY Department ChAnEe1.
REDUCTION OF FORCE IN THE SECOND CONTROLLERS
OFFICE.
BY the terms OF the appropriation bin, for the
year beginning July LIST, there will have to be q
reduction OF ten clerks in the once of the second
Controller Of the Treasury. The Second Con-
troller Is now making out the list of those who
will be dismissed. There will be something Of q
reorganization Of the ONCE Major George b.
French, one-armed Union veteran, has been pro-
NOTED to be chief OF the naval division. John w.
Reid and Edwin B. MacGrotty have been recon-
mended for promotion to fourth-ciass caerksh1ps.
Both are ex-Union soldiers
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MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY To LOAN TO ARMY OFFICERS AT LE-
WI gal rates of interest. JAMES T. WAUGH,
1e4-1m 933 81. NV
r WILL SELL CHEAP COMPLETE NEARLY NEW
printing materials for publishing q newspaper Adj
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Tamnlany and MIR. O,Brfeu.
THE IRISH EDITOR PRESENTED WITH RESOLUTIONS 1

SYMPATHY
New YORK, June 4.-Editor O,Brten to-day re-
ceived delegation from Tammany Hall, and was
presented the resolutions adopted at the
at the conduct Of Lansdowne's followers in
Canada, and sympathy with Mr.. OBrienY
course. General COchrane, the chairman, made
deep acknowledgment Of the manner in which the
American people OF all parties and shades Of be-
people.
Tonight Mr.. OBrien will review the monster
parade In his honor, and deliver an address To-
morrow he will seek rest out of town, but would
not say where.
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ANOTHER DEATH BIZ AN ORANGE SEKD.-MissMarion
Elsie Blackman, teacher tn the Norwich, Conn,
Free Academy, died this week OF the ailment that
caused the death Of Henry Chatneld, OF Brooklyn.
An orange seed that she had swallowed lodged In
the small intestines and Inflammation resulted
She was taken i'll last week, Thursday. No attempt
was made to save her life by surgical operation.
She was buried on the following Wednesday. There
was similar case In Norwich, Conn, year or
two ago. Dr.. Paddock was the patient A council
Of physicians decided that his death was iney1-
table, but Dr.. Carleton, now dead, undertook, at
the patients request the operation OF cutting the
seed out He performed the operation In q few
moments ami DR.. Paddock recovered.
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BALTIMORE. Nd. June 4.-viryinia new "a,

05 bid to-day.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June 4.-Cotton firm and dull
Mheat-southern quiet and nominsily steady; red o.
sSs, .Mbss Woae7 Msssesa higher No. winter ~
August. 92a924. September 9isV2;< Cofn-sopthSsn
about steady and 9niet white, 5Isbz yellow 4Se4V
bid: July, 4IAa47x.. Osts about stesdy end QUIET
sontaern aud Fennsylyania 34s3Sk; western white
rrrSgyisions quiet md steady ESP higher. 15e19
a2l1 Sugar=-coppsg refined steady, 6ksOk WhisEs
ssssdy, lIasl IS Other article. u6ehanged. EriIhss
20 Liverpool per steamer dull-cotton, Nd; Hour,
lad grain, 14d- Receipts-Aour. 1900 tafTsle:
x6 SaS seSsnels corn bushsls; Ssss
SssSo oSS SuaS.: corn saS3S REssasl:
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Heavy Failure In Baltimore,

BALTIMORE, June 4-W. Stewart Symington and
Thomas A. Symington. prOprictorS OF the Patapsco
chemical Works. made an assignment to-day to
BOND OF the trustee Is &4OO 600.
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PAnxxas Han BAraXx

The popular fsvorite for dressing he hair restosM
the color whsa grsy, and psevsnting dandru6. n
csaDsss the scalp stois the hair falling and - sus .
paas& 6Oe and q ct drugsistA
HrNDERcoRKs
Ths m1est. sursst and best Gu 70 for oorns Dunsou
&c. etops I'll pain Ensures comfort 10 the test Nsv9
hfls 70 cusa. Is esnts g dsusy1stA hS-WhaN
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HR PnIYRRRED DEATH TO A TRIAL.-The trial NJ
W. II. b. STANDBY, OF Salem, Mass, for shooting
BENJAMIN SWEET. was again adjourned I'm the
Superior Court IN Boston yesterday. When the
case was called q dispatch was received nom
Narblehead stating that the defendant was unable
to appear as, at o'clock yesterday morning he
had attempted suicide by Drinking nitric ac}1 ar
the gaSwOfiZs in Marblehead, where he was EN-
ployed. 1t was stated that there were slioft
hopes OF hts recovery. This Is the somewhat n0fed
case where, on April q, 1885, w. h. II. Standlev
at Marblehead. was arrested for shooting Ben1as
min SWEET BY firing pistol over the head OF his
daughter, Ms Tut. In quarrel about q division
fence between the Two estateA The case had 6een
In court, and decided In favor Of SWEET, who WAS
building fence when STANDBY tore on the slafs
and after q quarrel It Is claimed that otandjey.s
wife handed him pistol with which be mot
SWEET
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TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER
The governor OF Florida has appealed to the Ma
rine Hospital Service for assistance to prevent the
spread OF yellow fever. Aprompt response to the
call Will be made.
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saaes 81 Real E.sase.

Geo. II. Dyer has bought OF Henry n Baker, for
$1A4O0 and an incumbfance OF $1,000, lots 3 and 3
square 49. 120xl2o on street, between md and
Louisa Harrison lot 25 square ISs, 2slOO feet. on
3 street between 10th and 1ssn streets for
SAFES have been made BY Henry wex an so,,ovrs.
For A. F. Barker to Theo. A. T. Judd, for 5000.
lot !, 50. 400; also for sidney T. Baker lot O. "a.
900 TO Dennis Murphy. 8, e17.5O; also, tor James
Also tor Miss Maggie ia Garrett loP 81
e97 James subdivision, to Mrs. Mary odgon. for
A. N. McLachlan has bought Of J. c. Batchelder,
$3.50 feet on Massachusetts, avenue between 1st
and I'd streets northeast
r. GoIdschmid has sold to Susan p. Walter, for
,Uo lots 10 to u, square Sa5. corner OF 9th and
Duncanson Bro, auctioneers sold YESTERDAY
at public sale lot 75x1OO at the northeast corner
LOT Is cents per foot. Also. in the same square,
50 een feet on to g%ao
lSi teet on 10Th street and 161 on street, to A.
Burgdorf, for IA cents To NJ ]. Weller trustee
lot On street, between 14th and 18th streets
ssO4utneast for 9A cents. and to =. Goidschmid
lot Irontlng 81 rect on 18th street, between K
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, for 14x
cents
s. Rosenthal jr., has bought Of J. sprigg Poole.
1852 feet on 18th street, between 4 ana o streets
northwest. Emma C. Wright has bought for
fsI nxS, o. p Fannie A. Moore two lots in block T.
line c. Acker and others, for Gil 600. lots % and
r. reservation II, fronting SO feet BY l50 on %.
between and streets northwest
sontSa nnos walsh, who owns the property at the
Soutneast corner OF and 10th streets states that
ne mas not sold his property, as has been stated
i tneIe na1 Deen negotiations to sell the property
LOT $1,000 to MT kurtz johnson, but owing to
circumstances he had rendered the return OF the
deposit made, which had been refused. The sale,
however, had not been perfected.
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THE HIGGINS BOYCOTT.
The Matter to be Looked Into by the
New York Authorities.

New York Authorities.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Distnct Attorney MARITIME
to-day gave some attention to the fac-simile letter
recently issued by the general secretary OF the
Knights OF Labor at Philadelphia, as pub
llshed In this mornings Sun, calling upon the
members OF the various assemblies TO boycott E.S.
Higgins Co., the carpet manufacturers and their
customers. The matter was then turned over by
Mr.. MARITIME to his assistant, Mr. Davis, who has
charge OF the placing OF matters before the grand
jury upon which Indictments should be found Mr..
Davis said that the letter itself was very
guardedly written and could not be made the basis
OF indictment for conspiracy The matter will,
however be further Investigated.
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Thought 70 Have KILLED E1imsels.

AN ofFIcxR OF THE ROYAL ARcANuM At HoBoKxN
Missing.
H0BoKRN, June ARTHUR +. HOrnblower treas
uref OF the Hudson County Council Of the Royal
Arcanum OF Hoboken, Is missing, and IL Is believed
that he has committed suicide.
A Draft drawn by H0rnbl0wer on the First Ma
tfonal Bank OF HOboken, payable TO the order OF
supreme Treasurer Skinner. OF Boston, was pre-
scented at the bank and protested. TWAS for Sl53.
Hornblower was b00k-keeper In the HOb0ken
Bank tf Savings. The bank ofnc1als claim that
their funds are intact It was rumored TO the con-
trary.
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AND COMMERCIAL.

New York Stock Market.
The following are the opening and ]: 100 pm prices
OF the New York STOCK Market IA reported by special
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District Government Affair.
THE NEW PLUMBING REGULATIONS.

Mr.. Samuel A. Robinson, inspector OF plumbing
In the District, was asked by STAR reporter to-
day If there is any truth in the report that plum
the stringent rules and regulations prescribed for
their examination and the hardships engendered
thereby. Mr.. Robinson disclaimed any knowledge
OF these complaints, and said that II any have
been made they are by men who have not given
the matter proper consideration. AL who have
talked with him on the subject are well satisfied
with the requirements. Mr.. Robinson is an en-
thusiast on the subject Of plumbing, and believes
that only Intelligent and skilled men should be
allowed to engage in o business which Is so intk
mately connected with the health and welfare OF
the public. He hopes that by means OF these
regulations and rules the Intellectual standard OF
the profession Will be elevated to higher plane,
and that when the public are fully acquainted
with the penalties which are imposed upon the
Ignorant and incompetent, they will have more
confidence in the skill OF their workmen.
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The BOARD OF EXAMINATION for promotion In the
War Department, has submitted to the Civil Ser
vice Commission list OF questions which, If ap-
proved, will torn the examination for promotion
In the SurgeOn-GenerarS Onlce.
PROF. BAIRD was considered much better this
afternoon.
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Patronizing Lord Randolph.
TORY PAPERS INTIMATE THAT HR Is VERY YOUNG

LONDON, June 4-The Standard, commenting on
Lord Randolph Churchills speech at Wolverhamp-
ton last night, admits the importance OF the sub
1ect, but complains that Lord Randolph, while
weakening his party at time when all Its strength
Is required TO be centered In the Irish ditculty,
The 1Ynses says: aLet Lord Randolph convert
his Indignation into steady IRE OF resOlute puT-
pose and mature his plan with patient and sober
Industry. Then he may become terror TO evil.
does, and some day an opportunity may come for
putting hts rtpened purposes into execution"